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Forms and structures
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Binary, rounded binary, sonata, ternary, rondo, ritornello, ground bass, variations, strophic forms and structures
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Eduqas GCSE AOS 1: Musical Forms and Devices - The Baroque period
Specialist teaching resource for GCSE
Eduqas Areas of Study
Teaching materials with supporting teacher notes. Thumbprints of style, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on binary, ternary, rondo, ground bass, variation, and strophic forms in context. Further aural training and practice questions featuring compositional devices and ornamentation. Examples of a range of genres, conventions and instruments of the Baroque orchestra. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.
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OCR GCSE AOS 3: Rhythms of the World - Central and South America
Specialist teaching resource for GCSE
OCR Areas of Study
Teaching materials with supporting teacher notes, covering key aspects of Son, Samba, Calypso, Ska, Reggae and music for Steelpan. Thumbprints of each style explored in relation to the elements, alongside aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions, moderation exercises, and single line scores for dictation practice. A six-part ensemble task provides students with hands-on experience of the interlocking rhythmic intricacies of Cuban Son, accompanied by a step by step guide to writing compositions inspired by both Son and Samba. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.
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Eduqas GCSE AOS 2: Music for Ensemble - Jazz and Blues
Specialist teaching resource for GCSE
Eduqas Areas of Study
Thumbprints of style, legacy and fusions, vocal and instrumental sonorities and playing techniques, ensemble groupings and roles within groups, aural training and analytical listening questions. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.
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Eduqas GCSE AOS 2: Music for Ensemble - Musical Theatre
Specialist teaching resource for GCSE
Eduqas Areas of Study
Thumbprints of style, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on sonority and texture. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.
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KS3 Cover lesson - Riffs and Ostinati
Cover lesson - requires sound and a screen
Can be delivered by a non specialist
Suitable for students with a good grasp of the elements of music, and plenty of analytical listening experience.
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OCR GCSE AOS 2: The concerto through time - The Romantic concerto
Specialist teaching resource for GCSE
OCR Areas of Study
Teaching materials with supporting teacher notes, covering key aspects of the concerto and orchestra of the Romantic period. Features of the increasing fluidity of form and key relationships, role of the cadenza, texture, harmonic language and compositional explored in context. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions, moderation exercises, and single line scores for dictation practice. Rehearsing and performing tasks enable students to get hands-on experience connecting melody and harmony of the period. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of period and genre.
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Elements Revision - Tonality
Useful for both classwork and self directed study
Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications
'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring the following vocab: major, minor, modal, diatonic, pentatonic, functional, non-functional, chromatic, consonant, dissonant, microtonal, atonal, modulation.
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Elements Revision - Texture
Useful for both classwork and self directed study
Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications
'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring the following vocab: Solo, monophonic, melody and accompaniment, unison, octaves, homophonic, tutti, question and answer, call and response, homorhythm, canon, strict counterpoint, imitation, polyphony, fugue.
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Elements Revision - Timbre and playing techniques
Useful for both classwork and self directed study
Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications
'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring orchestral timbres and playing techniques.